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Great Books is an hour-long documentary and biography program that aired on The Learning Channel. The series was a project co-created by Walter Cronkite and television producer Jonathan Ward under a deal they had with their company Cronkite Ward, The Discovery Channel, and The Learning Channel. Premiering on September 8, 1993, to coincide with International Literacy Day, the series took in-depth looks at some of literature's greatest fiction and nonfiction books, along with the authors who created them. Most of the narration was provided by Donald Sutherland.
Original Release
09/08/1993
US Release
09/08/1993
Cast
Name | Character |
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Donald Sutherland | Narrator / Self - Narrator |
David Bryan Jackson | Inquisitor Maculano / Sagredo / Thomas Malory |
Bill Toscano | Galileo / Salviati |
Forrest J. Ackerman | Self |
Ray Bradbury | Self |
McAvoy Layne | Mark Twain |
Karen Garvey | Jordan Baker |
Katie Barrett | Elizabeth Bennet |
Albert Fry Jr. | George Orwell |
Kama Ruby | Rose of Sharon |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Tuesday, 20 June 2006 |
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Directors
Ricki Green, Dale Minor, Adrian Malone, Lynn Dougherty, Dave Porfiri, Linda Duvoisin
Writers
Dale Minor, Eugenie Vink, Linda Duvoisin, Trish Mitchell, Martin Killeen, Jonathan Ward, Marijo Dowd, Nancy LeBrun, Jennifer Beman, Vicki Warren
Cast
Name | Character |
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Donald Sutherland | Narrator / Self - Narrator |
David Bryan Jackson | Inquisitor Maculano / Sagredo / Thomas Malory |
Bill Toscano | Galileo / Salviati |
Forrest J. Ackerman | Self |
Ray Bradbury | Self |
McAvoy Layne | Mark Twain |
Karen Garvey | Jordan Baker |
Katie Barrett | Elizabeth Bennet |
Albert Fry Jr. | George Orwell |
Kama Ruby | Rose of Sharon |
Carey Urban | Sophie's Sister |
Dallas Lusk | Huckleberry Finn |
Ryan Shively | Nick Carraway |
Tim Mathes | Jay Gatsby |
Gwendolyn Thorne | Myrtle Wilson |
George Lucas | Self |
John Cullen Murphy | Self |
Grace Slick | Self |
Marina Niel | (as Marina Lucy Niel) |
Edward Wakeling | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1998 | Emmy | Won | |
1997 | Emmy | Outstanding Main Title Design | Nominated |